B2 – Upper Intermediate
We all take a bath or a shower to feel fresh before going to work, after a rigorous work-out or simply to feel clean before going to bed. Do you enjoy your bath time? How often do you take a shower? They say that taking a shower might not be so good for you, so let’s find out.
Read the article below and be ready to answer the questions that follow.
http://www.rd.com/health/wellness/shower-less-often/
Discussion Questions:
1. Name the reasons mentioned in the article about showering less. Do you agree or disagree with them?
2. Do you prefer taking a shower or having a bath?
3. Do you prefer a quick shower in the morning or a warm bath in the evening?
Express your thoughts:
• A few germs are good for you. People wash and clean too much.
• Expensive shampoos and shower gels are a waste of money. A bar of soap is just as effective.
• The advertising industry is to blame for all the money we waste on cleaning products that we don’t need.
2 replies on “Reasons to Shower Less”
1. Name the reasons mentioned in the article about showering less. Do you agree or disagree with them?
Answer: The article mentions a lot of reasons to shower less. I agree with the article, because an excessive cleaning of your skin can damage the protective barrier that you have and also can be expensive for the environment.
2. Do you prefer taking a shower or having a bath?
Answer: I prefer taking a shower than having bath , because I have to go to my job very early, every day.
3. Do you prefer a quick shower in the morning or a warm bath in the evening?
Answer: I prefer a quick shower in the morning, for the same reason that I said previously.
Express your thoughts:
• A few germs are good for you. People wash and clean too much.
Answer: I don’t think so. I think that you have take a shower daily.
• Expensive shampoos and shower gels are a waste of money. A bar of soap is just as effective.
Anwer: I don’t agree with this affirmation. It’s not the same the bar of soap, that the shampoos.
• The advertising industry is to blame for all the money we waste on cleaning products that we don’t need.
Answer: The advertising industry maybe, contribute to the excessive consumption of cleaning products, but it depends also of the consumer.
1. Name the reasons mentioned in the article about showering less. Do you agree or disagree with them?
The article mentions several reasons to shower less. These reasons include health and environment topics such as the damage produced in the skin, and how its immune function disappears due to the dissolutions of lipids in the skin. As well is treated how the shower frequency don’t give time to the skin to repair itself and well.Regarding environmental or save money reasons is exposed the fact that you could save water consumption.
I agree with shower once or more agree is a bad behavior for our skin and its immune function when you don’t prone to sweat or you don’t live under special climate conditions.
2. Do you prefer taking a shower or having a bath?
It depends on the day and the situation, I usually taking a shower than having a bath by environmental reasons due to save water consumption.
3. Do you prefer a quick shower in the morning or a warm bath in the evening?
I’m sure I love giving me a warm shower at night. In the mornings I am asleep and I am wrong with the cold water tap which is unpleasant.